“If but ten among us lead a holy life, we shall kindle a fire which shall light up the entire city.” — St. John Chrysostom
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Posted in Uncategorized on September 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“The Rapture: An Invention of Man”
Posted in Uncategorized on August 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
An interesting broadcast and discussion on the innovative theological concept of “The Rapture” can be found at the link below:
http://www.myocn.net/index.php/200905291729/Beyond-the-Veil/The-Rapture-An-Invention-of-Man.html
This is an extremely relevant conversation in our days due to the popularization of this novel concept, one that finds its origins in the US only in the early 1800s.
struggle
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ascesis, prelest, revelation, sobriety, struggle on August 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The struggle is very well characterized by its difficulty, by strain against personal unwillingness to act, by the empty sense of mental satisfaction born by good intentions and bold resolutions that are left unfulfilled. We can live believing in possibilities and potentialities, but belief in such is as false hope–belief that does not incur [...]
Funeral Dirge
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Death, Liturgy on July 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Thou only art immortal, who hast created and fashioned man. For out of the earth were we mortals made, and unto the earth shall we return again, as thou didst command when thou madest me, saying unto me: For earth thou art, and unto the earth shalt thou return. Whither, also, all we mortals wend [...]
Convenience
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“…that which we call today convenience is in fact inconvenience. Convenience is for one to simplify one’s life and to limit its to the essentials. Then the person is liberated.”
–Elder Paisios the Athonite
trust…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“I did not create myself and I do not uphold myself, but, rather, I am upheld”
undisguised
Posted in Uncategorized on May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Undisguised questions beckon undisguised answers, and I think that we are afraid of both.
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“A man who gives way to his passions and suffers for it is like a man who is shot by an enemy, catches the arrow in his hands, and then plunges it into his own heart. A man who is resisting his passions is like a man who is shot at by an enemy, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
‘Tear from me the limb that causes me to sin!’
‘No. Remove it from yourself with prayer and fasting.’
